The Ubuntu 14.04/16.04 Ruby versions are vulnerable to directory traversal, buffer under-read, and socket connection vulnerabilities
Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 149 |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Ruby vulnerabilities | 16 Apr 201800:00 | – | ubuntu |
![]() | Ubuntu: Security Advisory (USN-3626-1) | 26 Oct 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1275) | 23 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1206) | 23 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for ruby FEDORA-2018-7be77249d4 | 30 May 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Debian: Security Advisory (DLA-1359-1) | 24 Apr 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Fedora Update for ruby FEDORA-2018-a459acd54b | 7 Jun 201800:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2018-088-01) | 21 Apr 202200:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Huawei EulerOS: Security Advisory for ruby (EulerOS-SA-2018-1207) | 23 Jan 202000:00 | – | openvas |
![]() | Mageia: Security Advisory (MGASA-2018-0411) | 28 Jan 202200:00 | – | openvas |
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It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to
execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-6914)
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to
access sensitive information. (CVE-2018-8778, CVE-2018-8780)
It was discovered that Ruby incorrectly handled certain inputs. An attacker could possibly use this to
connect to an unintended socket. (CVE-2018-8779)
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.
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